The Pentagon has announced new multibillion dollar arms contracts with the regimes in Israel and Saudi Arabia, America’s primary allies in the Middle East. Both are knee-deep in military conflicts destabilizing the region.

Tel Aviv has been sharply criticizing Washington for its decision
to negotiate a nuclear deal with Tehran, and Israel has even
ostentatiously “reserved the right” to conduct a
unilateral air strike on Iran.

“The proposed sale of this
equipment will provide Israel the ability to support its
self-defense needs,"the US Defense Security Cooperation
Agency said, adding that the new contract is meant
to“replenish”Israel's arsenal without supplying
the country with any kind of new weapons.

In November 2014 it was reported that Pentagon was going to
supplying Israel with 3,000 smart bombs, similar to those used by
the Israeli Air Force in Gaza last summer, where an estimated 100
tons of munitions were dropped.

The main contractors to fulfill the lucrative Israeli arms deal
will be Boeing, Ellwood National Forge, General Dynamics,
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missile Systems, AFP reported.

As for Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest buyer of American
weapons, it wants to buy 10 Seahawk MH-60R helicopters along with
radars, navigation systems and 38 Hellfire missiles.

Saudi Arabia has initiated and led airstrikes on the territory of
neighbor Yemen, where Houthi rebels have seized power and ousted
a Riyadh-backed president.

Since late March, when airstrikes were launched and a naval
blockade of Yemen was imposed, at least 1,250 people have been
killed and over 5,000 wounded in the conflict, according to the
World Health Organization. Local estimates of casualties have
been much higher.